Sorana Cirstea 1. Sorana Cirstea v Maria Kirilenko (Pattaya City, SF) Maria Kirilenko and Sorana Cirstea will meet at the semi-final stage in Pattaya for the second consecutive year after both won their quarter-finals in straight sets. Kirilenko had the toughest match today as she fought for over two hours to get past the in-form…
Today was an extremely bad day for my predictions as I lost both champion and finalist in Paris and Pattaya City! Lets take a look at the best matches for quarter-final day… Marion Bartoli 1. Marion Bartoli v Mona Barthel (Paris, QF) Marion Bartoli takes on Mona Barthel tomorrow in one of my few correct…
Sabine Lisicki Yanina Wickmayer v Kristina Mladenovic (Paris, R2) Yanina Wickmayer edged a tight first round match today with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3. It was a rough draw for both, but I was pleased that Wickmayer won as I have tipped her to win in Paris. Her reward for the first round win is…
Goerges Gone Paris saw its first significant upset as the 19-year-old, Kristina Mladenovic upset the number 7 seed Julia Goerges, 7-5 5-7 7-6(4) in 2 hours and 43 minutes. This was Mladenovic’s best result on the WTA tour so far and she seems to be progressing on the tour and beginning to live up to…
Two WTA tournaments will take centre stage next week with two of the world’s top ten, Sara Errani and Petra Kvitova opting to play in Paris. The Adidas quartet of Ana Ivanovic, Maria Kirilenko, Sorana Cirstea and Daniela Hantuchova will all be in Pattaya City. Lets take a look a the draws… WTA Paris: Sara Errani…
The Paris Draw has been hit with a number of withdrawals since I posted my preview… I do hate it when that happens! My tip for the final, Kaia Kanepi has pulled out with a shoulder injury and the number five seed, Sabine Lisicki has withdrawn too. This has resulted in a reshuffle of the…
Maria Sharapova Maria Sharapova headlines a strong line-up for the Premier event in Paris this week. There were some fabulous matches in this tournament last year where Petra Kvitova beat Kim Clijsters in the final. The top two seeds, Sharapova and Marion Bartoli have byes into the second round. Sharapova is projected to meet the…
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